6-Social-Studies-Sept

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Grade Sixth Grade Social Studies

Month: September

Main Concept

  • Landform
  • Bodies of Water

Guiding Questions

  • How has actvity within Earth changed the landforms on its surface?
  • How does the shifting of Earth's plates affect people's lives?
  • What are three kinds of bodies of water, and how is each kind formed?
  • What are some of the ways in which water is important to our survival?

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Key Terms

Landform: landform, plate tectonics, continental drift, fault, magna, lava, weathering, erosion, deposition, floodplain, delta, continental drift

Bodies of Water: tributaries, river system, drainage basin, rift, reservoir, trench, tidalwave, tides, watercycle

Latitude and Longitude: line of latitude, equator, line of longitude, prime meridian


Suggestions: Vocabulary words can be given as an introduction to each topic, or it can be given as homework after the introduction of each topic.

Holidays

  • Labor Day (First Monday in September)
  • Grandparents Day Sept. 12
  • National Hispanic Heritage Month ( September 15 thru Oct. 15)
  • First Day of Autumn Sept. 23

Student Outcomes

  • Students will learn how physical processes such as plate tectonics, earthquakes, and erosion have reated physical patterns on Earth's surface.
  • Students will identify and analyze ways people have midified the physical enviornment
  • Students will describe and explain how physical processes such as ocean circulation have resulted in physical patterns on the Earth's surface.
  • Students will be able to analyze the effects of pysical processes and the physical environment of humans.

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Field Trip Suggestions

  • N.Y. Planetarium
  • Museum of Natural History
  • Museum of New York